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Schakowsky Proposes Alternate Budget Plan: Save Social Security, Tax Millionaires
After the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform released a polarizing deficit reduction proposal on November 10, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois) did not hesitate in expressing her disapproval. …
Exclusive Report: Evidence of Iran Nuclear Weapons Program May Be Fraudulent
Since 2007, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) - with the support of the United States, Israel and European allies UK, France and Germany - has been demanding that …
Canada Extends Mission in Afghanistan
Toronto, Canada - The Canadian government has backed away from a decision to pull troops out of Afghanistan next year. Few are surprised, and many are outraged. For months, …
The Silent Truth Documentary aka The LaVena Johnson Murder Cover-Up
Wednesday, November 10th, the day before Veteran's Day—a new documentary on veterans, made its national debut in St. Louis. Veterans For Peace, a group pledging to expose..."THE TRUE COST …
Could Nonviolent Resistance Defeat Petraeus’s Night Raids in Afghanistan?
Pop quiz on the news: who said this week, referring to the dispute between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US military commander David Petraeus over US Special Forces "night …
Israel Approves Withdrawal From Ghajar, Flashpoint Village on Lebanese Border
Wazzani, Lebanon - Israel's cabinet on Wednesday approved a United Nations proposal to withdraw Israeli troops from the divided village of Ghajar, which straddles the UN-policed boundary between Lebanon …
Keith Olbermann | False Promise of “Objectivity” Proves “Truth” Superior to “Fact“
Keith Olbermann's “Special Comment” from Monday. Transcript follows the video.
They Said They Would Push Me “Off a Cliff“
Yesterday, on the TV and radio show “Democracy Now” hosted by Amy Goodman, the former Vice President of CIGNA, one of the nation's largest health insurance companies, revealed that …
What Voters Really Care, and Don’t Care, About
I stopped watching the Nov. 3 postelection press conference after President Obama declared that Americans rejected Democrats at the polls in part because “we were in such a hurry …
“Birthright Citizenship” Will Be Target of House GOP Majority
Washington - As one of its first acts, the new Congress will consider denying citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants who are born in the United States. Those …